Readiness Supportive Leadership Training

Behavioral Health & Resilience Training for Military Leaders

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04152824

Acronym

RESULT

Enrollment

1890

Registered

2019-11-05

Start date

2019-09-02

Completion date

2025-08-31

Last updated

2025-04-08

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Conditions

Health Behavior, Well-Being

Keywords

Psychological Health, Well-Being, Resilience, Readiness, Military, Service Member

Brief summary

This study is a randomized controlled trial that assesses the effects of an evidence based, multi-component, leadership support intervention, Resilience-Supportive Leadership Training (RESULT), using accelerated learning strategies aimed at improving Service Member resilience and readiness in the military. The intervention is expected to increase perceptions of resilience-supportive behaviors, resilience indicators, and related behavioral health outcomes such as emotion regulation, connectedness, team cohesion, and psychological health following the training from the perspective of the Service Member.

Detailed description

The goal of our proposed study is to adapt our existing, evidence-based supportive leadership training for an active duty population, focusing on training junior leaders in the Army on ways they can enhance readiness and resilience in their soldiers, as well as their own resilience. The investigators draw on best practices from existing military and civilian programs in a training that is engaging, interactive, and customizable. The investigators use micro-learnings - small, bite-sized pieces of information delivered in non-traditional ways, such as short podcasts or videos to enhance the training and enable it to be integrated easily into both military and civilian jobs. The investigators evaluate the effectiveness of our Resilience-Supportive Leadership Training (RESULT) intervention with U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in the State of Washington. The study includes a control group, so the investigators can better determine whether any observed changes in our participants are due to our training programs, and not some other factor. The investigators anticipate that the training programs will have a positive impact on service member readiness and resilience, psychological health, team cohesion, and reduced loneliness. This research is designed to benefit not only U.S. Army soldiers but across all military branches, as well as first-responders and other civilian occupations that face highly stressful situations as part of their work. Our training has the potential to positively contribute to the military by enhancing service member readiness and unit autonomy, and improving mental and physical health.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALResilience-Supportive Leadership Training (RESULT)

Platoon leaders receive a 90-minute, in-person training addressing supportive supervisor behaviors and resilience

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Active Duty Service Members Serving in one of the two Striker Brigade Combat Teams (SBCT).

Exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Resilience Supportive Supervisor Behaviors - Emotional Support	3-month post intervention, up to 4 months	Service member's perceptions of leadership emotional support behavior. Likert-type scale 1-5, with higher scores indicating greater support
Resilience Supportive Supervisor Behaviors - Destigmatizing	3-month post intervention, up to 4 months	Service member's perceptions of leadership support behavior in destigmatizing behavioral health. Likert-type scale 1-5, with higher scores indicating greater destigmatization
Dimensions of Anger Reactions (DAR-5)	3-month post intervention, up to 4 months	Service member's perceptions of their anger, Likert-type scale 1-5 with higher scores indicating higher levels of anger
Life Satisfaction	3-month post intervention, up to 4 months	Service member's perceptions of their general life satisfaction. Likert-type scale from 1-5, with higher scores indicating higher satisfaction
Unit Belonging - Subscale of the Team Cohesion Scale	3-month post intervention, up to 4 months	Service member's perceptions degree to which they feel part of their current platoon. Likert-type scale from 1-7, with higher scores indicating more sense of belonging.
Brief Loneliness Scale	3-month post intervention, up to 4 months	Service member's perception of their own loneliness. Likert-type scale from 3-13, with higher scores indicating greater loneliness

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

Recruitment of Service Members at all levels within the participating Battalions occurred during the month of September 2019. An Operations Order was delivered to Battalion leaders to send out an email, created by the research team, which explained the study, that participation was voluntary and confidential, and provided a link to an online survey. These emails were forwarded from the Battalion leadership to lower ranking leaders, who then sent to their individual unit members.

Pre-assignment details

No participants who were enrolled were excluded from the study before assignment to groups.

Participants by arm

Arm	Count
Service Member in Battalion Randomized to Intervention Condition Military service members who are in a battalion randomized to the intervention condition. The Platoon Leaders of service members in this condition were assigned to completed the Readiness Supportive Leadership Training (RESULT).	118
Service Member in Battalion Randomized to Control Condition Military service members who are in a battalion randomized to the control condition. The Platoon Leaders of service members in this condition were assigned to usual practice.	158
Total	276

Baseline characteristics

Characteristic	Service Member in Battalion Randomized to Control Condition	Total	Service Member in Battalion Randomized to Intervention Condition
Age, Continuous	24.4 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.01	23.9 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 4.7	23.5 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 4.42
Dimensions of Anger (DAR-5)	1.79 units on a scale STANDARD_DEVIATION 0.86	1.71 units on a scale STANDARD_DEVIATION 0.79	1.62 units on a scale STANDARD_DEVIATION 0.69
Emotional Support from Leader	4.01 units on a scale STANDARD_DEVIATION 0.97	3.95 units on a scale STANDARD_DEVIATION 0.95	3.88 units on a scale STANDARD_DEVIATION 0.91
Life Satisfaction	3.15 units on a scale STANDARD_DEVIATION 1.11	3.19 units on a scale STANDARD_DEVIATION 1.06	3.26 units on a scale STANDARD_DEVIATION 1
Loneliness	6.45 units on a scale STANDARD_DEVIATION 2.58	6.45 units on a scale STANDARD_DEVIATION 2.6	6.44 units on a scale STANDARD_DEVIATION 2.64
Race/Ethnicity, Customized White & Non-White/Multiple Non-White/Multiple selected/Missing	75 Participants	135 Participants	60 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized White & Non-White/Multiple White	83 Participants	141 Participants	58 Participants
Region of Enrollment United States	158 participants	276 participants	118 participants
Sex: Female, Male Female	144 Participants	244 Participants	100 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Male	8 Participants	22 Participants	14 Participants
Unit Belongingness	5.63 units on a scale STANDARD_DEVIATION 1.65	5.53 units on a scale STANDARD_DEVIATION 1.69	5.45 units on a scale STANDARD_DEVIATION 1.75

Adverse events

Event type	EG000 affected / at risk	EG001 affected / at risk
deaths Total, all-cause mortality	0 / 948	0 / 942
other Total, other adverse events	0 / 948	0 / 942
serious Total, serious adverse events	0 / 948	0 / 942

Outcome results

Primary

Brief Loneliness Scale

Service member's perception of their own loneliness. Likert-type scale from 3-13, with higher scores indicating greater loneliness